Under the project Cash for Work men and women in Bolivia received coupons they can exchange for food. With this food, plus what they grow in the orchards, they can provide their children a balanced diet. They spend the savings they get from both of these activities in their children’s education.(Copyright: WFP/Ximena Loza)

Bolivia: Cash for Work, a New Modality

The work days and efforts are rewarded with coupons that the farmers’ families will swap for food in grocery stores in the cities of San Julian and Montero, in the department of Santa Cruz.
 

Overview

Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America: of its 9.5 million population, two thirds overall – 80 percent in rural areas – live below the poverty line.

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Country at a glance 2013
Planned Beneficiaries59,505
Beneficiary needs (mt)1,701
Beneficiary needs ($US)2,632,285